Triple

T2996389
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Camp Griffiss E81078 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Lieutenant Colonel Townsend Griffiss
Lieutenant Colonel Townsend Griffiss was a U.S. Army Air Forces officer in World War II, remembered as the first American airman killed in the European Theater and honored through several military installations bearing his name.
E319054 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Lieutenant Colonel Townsend Griffiss | Statement: [Camp Griffiss, namedAfter, Lieutenant Colonel Townsend Griffiss]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lieutenant Colonel Townsend Griffiss
Context triple: [Camp Griffiss, namedAfter, Lieutenant Colonel Townsend Griffiss]
  • A. Gregory Moffett
    Gregory Moffett is an American former child actor best known for his roles in mid-20th-century films and television, including appearances in dance and musical productions.
  • B. Frederick I. Eglin
    Frederick I. Eglin was a U.S. Army Air Service officer and early military aviator whose service and legacy in American air power led to a major Air Force base being named in his honor.
  • C. Harold M. Arnold
    Harold M. Arnold was an American electrical engineer and physicist known for pioneering work in vacuum tube technology and long-distance telephone transmission at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
  • D. Haywood S. Hansell
    Haywood S. Hansell was a U.S. Army Air Forces general and air power theorist who played a key role in developing and leading early strategic bombing campaigns during World War II, including those against Japan.
  • E. Curtis LeMay
    Curtis LeMay was a U.S. Air Force general known for orchestrating large-scale strategic bombing campaigns during World War II and later serving as Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Lieutenant Colonel Townsend Griffiss
Triple: [Camp Griffiss, namedAfter, Lieutenant Colonel Townsend Griffiss]
Generated description
Lieutenant Colonel Townsend Griffiss was a U.S. Army Air Forces officer in World War II, remembered as the first American airman killed in the European Theater and honored through several military installations bearing his name.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lieutenant Colonel Townsend Griffiss
Target entity description: Lieutenant Colonel Townsend Griffiss was a U.S. Army Air Forces officer in World War II, remembered as the first American airman killed in the European Theater and honored through several military installations bearing his name.
  • A. Gregory Moffett
    Gregory Moffett is an American former child actor best known for his roles in mid-20th-century films and television, including appearances in dance and musical productions.
  • B. Frederick I. Eglin
    Frederick I. Eglin was a U.S. Army Air Service officer and early military aviator whose service and legacy in American air power led to a major Air Force base being named in his honor.
  • C. Harold M. Arnold
    Harold M. Arnold was an American electrical engineer and physicist known for pioneering work in vacuum tube technology and long-distance telephone transmission at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
  • D. Haywood S. Hansell
    Haywood S. Hansell was a U.S. Army Air Forces general and air power theorist who played a key role in developing and leading early strategic bombing campaigns during World War II, including those against Japan.
  • E. Curtis LeMay
    Curtis LeMay was a U.S. Air Force general known for orchestrating large-scale strategic bombing campaigns during World War II and later serving as Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69ad8b187fc8819085914d3c9ea3142d completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad99f481688190ae8cd1e057f9dfc7 completed March 8, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b12e419e508190be23a2d413357058 completed March 11, 2026, 8:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1326a2c088190b58fc0a35fe728ea completed March 11, 2026, 9:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1d35cf53c81909738765bef09535b completed March 11, 2026, 8:41 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:59 p.m.